Why won’t this giant oil pipeline reveal its secret backers?
by Carl Meyer for Canada's National Observer and Emil from on (#5HDE1)
Expansion will stretch hundreds miles and is fiercely opposed by numerous groups - but despite repeated calls the Canadian government has not forced the pipeline reveal its insurers
Nestled in the harbors of Vancouver, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation has lived for thousands of years within an inlet set against the mountain views of the Pacific north-west.
But across the water from Tsleil-Waututh Nation's reserve, less than 2km away, or a little over a mile, is a jarring juxtaposition: an industrial terminal for the large Trans Mountain oil pipeline.
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